Words, words, words...!
I saw a bit over in Facebook about how the Junior Oxford Dictionary has discarded many words once common: "For almost 20 years, editors of the Junior Oxford Dictionary have gradually removed from the book many words used to describe things found in nature (e.g., acorn, bluebell, ivy, fern, moss, blackberry, dandelion, lark, raven, heron, starling, hazel, heather, goldfinch, grey seal, otter and kingfisher) on the grounds that they are not of use to modern children." Vocabulary is lost when... Sign in to see full entry.